THE CAT: Clinical Medicine and Management

Description:

 

Comprehensive in scope and exclusively devoted to feline medical care, Dr. Susan Little's The Cat: Clinical Medicine and Management, 2^nd Edition, is an essential resource for providing complete, state-of-the-art care to cats. Authoritative, clinically focused information is enhanced by full-color images, tables, boxes, algorithms, key points, and more — all in an easy-to-understand, quick-reference format. Dr. Little and her expert contributors address the unique concerns and challenges facing any practitioner providing care for cats, including the latest advances in feline medical diagnosis and management and the clinical applications to everyday practice. An digital version, included with print purchase, provides access to all the text, figures, and references, with the ability to search, customize content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud. The digital also offers convenient video lessons and client handouts.

 

 

Features:

 

• Covers the latest advances in feline medicine from a systemic and adjunctive care perspective, making it the most comprehensive feline medical reference available with a strong clinical focus.
• Addresses key topics unique to feline medicine and not currently covered in other books, including: insights and clinical advances attributable to the mapping of the feline genome; medical conditions associated with behavioral problems; managing the feline patient with co-existing and chronic diseases; special medical problems and care considerations for the geriatric cat; environmental enrichment for the indoor cat; feline zoonotic agents and implications for human health; and humane solutions for shelter medicine and overpopulation challenges.
• Helps meet the increasing demand for state-of-the-art medical care by cat owners, including advanced diagnostic services and treatments designed to extend and improve quality of life for feline companions.
• Features a full-color design with hundreds of schematic drawings, tables, boxes, key points, algorithms, and photographs for quick and easy access to information.
• Provides in-depth information on indoor cats and senior cats, including timely guidance on meeting owners' expectations for longer, healthier lives for their cats.
• Addresses the challenges of cat overpopulation, particularly humane approaches to improve quality of life for millions of feral and community cats and minimize their impact on public health and endangered species of animals.
• Presents information written in the manner of expanded conference proceedings, delivering the latest insights and most current approaches to management of feline medical disorders.
• Includes contributions from approximately 80 contributors, including many from outside the US, to provide a global perspective and valuable expertise from those most knowledgeable in the field of feline medical care.

New To This Edition:

 

• NEW! Digital version, included with print purchase, provides access to all the text, figures, and references, with the ability to search, customize content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud. The digital also offers convenient client handouts.
• NEW! Assimilates the fear-free approach to providing care for cats in veterinary practice.
• NEW! Incorporates techniques used to create a "cat-friendly" practice — a growing trend popular with feline and mixed practice veterinarians, and one that can increase the practice’s revenue.
• NEW! Includes icons throughout that direct to related client handouts or videos available in the eBook version included with print purchase.

Table Of Contents:

 

I FUNDAMENTALS OF FELINE PRACTICE

1. Understanding the Cat and Feline-Friendly Handling

2. The Cat-Friendly Practice

3. Deciphering the Cat: The Medical History and Physical Examination

4. Guidelines and Precautions for Drug Therapy in Cats

5. Fluid Therapy

6. Assessment and Management of Pain

7. Principles of Anesthesia

8. Preventive Health Care for Cats

9. Clinical Pathology

10. Essential Emergency and Critical Care Techniques

11. Chronic Disease Management
II FELINE BEHAVIOR

12. Kitten Development

13. Normal Behavior of Cats

14. Kitten Socialization and Training Classes

15. Behavioral History Taking

16. Behavior Problems

17. Behavioral Therapeutics
III FELINE NUTRITION

18. The Unique Nutritional Requirements of the Cat: A Strict Carnivore

19. Nutrition for the Normal Cat

20. Nutritional Disorders

21. Nutritional Management of Diseases

22. Current Controversies in Feline Nutrition
IV FELINE INTERNAL MEDICINE

23. Cardiovascular Diseases

24. Dental and Oral Diseases

25. Dermatology

26. Digestive System, Liver, and Abdominal Cavity

27. Endocrinology

28. Hematology and Immunology

29. Musculoskeletal Diseases

30. Neurology

31. Oncology

32. Ophthalmology

33. Respiratory and Thoracic Medicine

34. Toxicology

35. Urinary Tract Disorders

36. Concurrent Disease Management
V INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND ZOONOSES

37. Fungal Diseases

38. Selected Vector-Borne Diseases

39. Viral Diseases

40. Bacterial Infections

41. Molecular Assays Used for the Diagnosis of Feline Infectious Diseases

42. Feline Zoonotic Diseases and Prevention of Transmission
VI LIFE STAGE HEALTH CARE

43. Control of Reproduction

44. Male Cats: Normal Reproduction, Reproductive Diseases and Conditions

45. Female cats: Normal Reproduction, and Reproductive Diseases and Conditions

46. Pediatrics

47. Managing the Senior Cat
VII POPULATION MEDICINE

48. Care and Control of Community Cats

49. Population Wellness: Keeping Cats Physically and Behaviorally Healthy

50. A Short Natural History of the Cat and Its Relationship with Humans

51. The Feline Genome and Clinical Implications

52. Genetics of Feline Diseases and Traits